Dash - Definition

n 1: distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the
confident dash of a cavalry officer" [syn: dash, elan,
flair, panache, style]
2: a quick run [syn: dash, sprint]
3: a footrace run at top speed; "he is preparing for the
100-yard dash"
4: a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word
or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided
at the end of a line of text [syn: hyphen, dash]
5: the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
[syn: dash, dah]
6: the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the
door" [syn: dash, bolt]
v 1: run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the
yard" [syn: dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash,
shoot]
2: break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a
plate" [syn: smash, dash]
3: hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the
wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock" [syn: crash,
dash]
4: destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes"
5: cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" [syn: daunt,
dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away,
frighten away, scare]
6: add an enlivening or altering element to; "blue paint dashed
with white"